Sunday, January 8, 2012

Caution Smaution

Caution Smaution

This sign not the end of the ride, not when it is a perfect 71F sunny January day, I'm on a mountain bike with skinny tires, and the day could last forever as far as I was concerned. This was a Saturday bicycle ride for the books. I'm exhausted. I rode like a crazy man possessed by great weather and boundless curiosity to see what was around the next bend. And the next. Two hours out, started to feel the exertion, ate some Sport Beans, got my second wind, hour and a half back. Sidewalk ends, ride begins. Or continues. Helped a fellow cyclist in need, too. Bonus.

Need some rest to be ready for more riding on Sunday. Ride ride ride. Hey, is that the edge over there? Let's go take a look...

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Thriving on two wheels

I commute by bicycle in Phoenix, Arizona, a place suited for riding bicycles of all types, with weather, mountains, roads, canals, and paths to keep me forever spinning. My favorite bike tools are an open mind, anger control, curiosity, compassion, common ground, and the search for knowledge. With coffee.

Dedicated to the Lost and Bold

Arizona 3 foot law ARS §28-735. Overtaking bicycles; civil penalties A. When overtaking and passing a bicycle proceeding in the same direction, a person driving a motor vehicle shall exercise due care by leaving a safe distance between the motor vehicle and the bicycle of not less than three feet until the motor vehicle is safely past the overtaken bicycle. B. If a person violates this section and the violation results in a collision causing: 1. Serious physical injury as defined in section 13-105 to another person, the violater is subject to a civil penalty of up to five hundred dollars. 2. Death to another person, the violater is subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars. C. Subsection B of this section does not apply to a bicyclist who is injured in a vehicular traffic lane when a designated bicycle lane or path is present and passable